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1915 (Wednesday)
- Germans recover all Hill 132, and take the heights of Vregny.
- Russians advance on Lower Vistula and occupy Serpets north of Plotsk.
- Battle of Kara Urgan (Armenia), which has lasted several days, continues desperately.
- Turks occupy Tabriz (Persia).
- Germans attack Jasin (German East Africa).
- Resignation of Count Berchtold, Austro-Hungarian Minister for Foreign Affairs. He is succeeded by Baron Stephen Burian.
- British War Council resolve that the Admiralty should prepare for a naval expedition in February against the Dardanelles (see 28 and 30 December, 1914).
1916 (Thursday)
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1918 (Sunday)
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